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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
8
Report covers Green Oak Marcel and surrounding areas with notes on maple syrup production, sewing contests, family visits, church meetings, local elections, staff changes, and farm activities. Mentions Marcell, Genoa, Riverdale, Tampereek, West Brookfield, Canal Fulton, and notable residents and events.
Mrs James D. Donahay, wife of a glassblower, says her husband left for St Louis to seek work and vanished with another woman. She found letters signed Sadie among his belongings, believes he may have left for good. The couple, moved from New Jersey a few months ago, have no children and limited family connections.
A Canton planing mill owned by Charles Ite & Son at 1819 South Market street was burned Tuesday evening, with loss estimated around five thousand dollars for the mill and several thousand for Bucher Gibbs Plow Co. stock. Firemen prevented spread to nearby homes as crowds gathered. most assets were not fully insured.
Reported plans say Lord Roberts will retire in April and be succeeded by the Duke of Connaught, King Edward VII’s brother, as commander in chief. Queen Victoria long desired her son’s command. public sentiment and war-office realities shaped the move despite past royal hopes. Connaught praised as clever, popular, and a strong soldier capable of unifying reformist aims and wartime leadership, easing war-office tensions.
Miss Maude Gonne, Irish agitator, in France stirs British embassy with speeches and denounces French and English parliamentary systems. At a rally supporting Deputy candidate Archdeacon, she urges an Irish French brigade and claims the Irish could mount a stronger fight against England than the Boers.
A comic exchange from Puck lampoons hosting thirteen guests at a table with strained etiquette. The gag features Mr Itsolate of Lonelyville reacting to invitations beyond a bare minimum, while Last Words at the Farmhouse mocks cautious social rituals in a witty, city versus country frame.
The Union Park Congregational church committee in Chicago yesterday returned unopened a letter from Dr. W. T. McElveen of Boston in which he declined the Chicago call. Chairman Robert B Jenkins received the Boston postmarked note and sent it back to the pastor without consulting other members.
The market round up lists grain and livestock prices with No 2 red wheat at 77 to 78, corn at 66 to 67, oats around 49 to 50, hay values from $10.25 to $14.50 per ton, butter prices from Elgin to Ohio and Pennsylvania at 27 to 30 cents, cheese with full cream and Swiss prices, eggs at 17 cents, poultry prices for live hens and broilers, hogs and sheep sale figures, and veal prices. Various grades and locations noted.
Wisconsin noted for its flour crops, pure water, and healthful climate offers farms on easy terms along the Milwaukee and St. Paul line. Investments entice buyers with costs lower than three years rent in the East. Address FL AL Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Chicago.
Joseph Choate's speech on Lincoln's career from early life through later years and his administration, praised for placing his name high on the world’s roll of honor. Published by the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul railway. six cents postage to FLA. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
An editorial warns against so called graduate opticians who claim eye fitting expertise. It stresses proper eye examination by a qualified oculist, warning that wrong glasses cause harm such as headaches and potential blindness. Dr Clouse advertised as a specialist offers Tuesday consultations at the Conrad with a home office in Canton Ohio.
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